The packaging is pretty damn amazing. I want this on my shelf! And the controller itself?

Not so much. After all that, I don't actually like it at all. Its pretty unpleasant. I'm particularly averse to the logo in the bottom-left. But its certainly an interesting novelty.

I assume the intention was to sell it alongside Twilight Princess, as all the art and logos are from that. Either Nintendo weren't interested, or perhaps they commisioned the controller and were unhappy with the result.

If you explore further into the linked portfolio you can find some Mortal Kombat controllers that I don't recall being released, and some clear images of the custom artwork of SF characters made for the controller packaging.

If you explore further into the linked portfolio you can find some Mortal Kombat controllers that I don't recall being released, and some clear images of the custom artwork of SF characters made for the controller packaging.

The series is exactly a week short of 25 years from its first (Japanese) release, around 23 and a half years from it's NA release. NoA can probably still do a 25th anniversary, though I doubt they will.

Thanks for the namecheck Kotaku. As per usual a gaffer discovers something, other sites write the articles taking the credit, and include a tiny link in the footnotes as way of acknowledgement. Yeah I'm whining and I'll shut up now.

Originally Posted by Agent X

The Mortal Kombat controllers were released.

I stand corrected.

Originally Posted by Mandoric

Err, thirtieth?

We stand corrected.

Originally Posted by lethial

Nice box but that is one ugly neckbeard display controller.

It looks like all the production values went into that beautiful box. The pad actually looks cheap, and thats its main problem. If it looked more like the render on the box, with a second belt-buckle thing instead of the silly Zelda logo, it would be more tolerable.